Jeffrey Murdock Named Recipient of the 2021 Music Educator Award™, Presented by the Recording Academy® and GRAMMY Museum® apnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from apnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
THOMASVILLE â A Thomasville woman charged with being part of a self-styled militia that organized members to storm the Capitol Jan. 6 is a former High Point Police Department officer.
Laura Steele, 52, and five other individuals who authorities say are associated with a group called the Oath Keepers, which includes many former military and law enforcement members, were arrested and charged last week for their roles in the insurrection. Among the others charged is Steeleâs brother, Graydon Young, 54, of Florida, who encouraged her to join Oath Keepers in the days before going to Washington, according to the indictment.
Although a total of only nine Oath Keepers have been charged so far, the indictment indicates that more than 40 came to Washington on one bus from North Carolina.
GREENSBORO â On Monday the week before Christmas, principal Carla Flores-Ballesteros sat in her office at Allen Jay Elementary School in High Point, making the last preparations for a month or so absence because of her upcoming surgery.Â
Meanwhile, at his home in Greensboro, John Brown sat for what he hoped would be his last dialysis treatment. He was in a buoyant mood, the day before his surgery, as workers took away the dialysis chair in the family s sunroom, where he d received treatment for more than a year because his kidneys weren t working properly.
There are 3,000 people waiting for an organ transplant to save their lives in North Carolina alone, according to donatelifenc.org. Of those, almost 90% are waiting for a kidney.
Former coworker gives the ultimate gift of hope to a Triad family wfmynews2.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wfmynews2.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
She called to congratulate her old co-worker, her old co-worker offered to save her husband s life
Patrice Brown and Carla Flores Ballesteros worked together for years. During a phone call, Ballesteros learned Brown s husband still needed a kidney. Author: Maddie Gardner Updated: 11:48 PM EST December 14, 2020
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. When Patrice Brown became the principal at Western Guilford Middle School in 2013, she didn t expect to form the bond she did with her then assistant principal, Carla Flores Ballesteros. Even though Ballesteros became the principal of her own school, Allen Jay Elementary, their bond remained strong.
So when Brown called Ballesteros in September to congratulate her on being nominated for Guilford County s Principal of the year - they kept chatting. Ballesteros asked about Brown s husband, John, who is going through dialysis for renal failure. John was all set for an organ donation but days before the phone call, th